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Rancho Bernardo center is evicting 82-year-old man

Relatives of an 82-year-old man facing eviction from a Rancho Bernardo assisted living home say the judge overseeing the summertime trial wrongly prevented jurors from seeing certain evidence, including postings on the social media site Pinterest.

The Casa de la Campanas home is trying to evict William Miller, saying he sexually and physically assaulted his wife and others. The Miller family says the behavior was the result of a prescription mix-up that was resolved and he has not had any problems since January.

David Kay, an attorney co-representing his father-in-law William Miller, said the family plans to appeal the verdict. Evidence withheld from the jury included social media postings by Kim Dominy, the Casa de Las Campanas executive director.

The Miller family says the postings violate a state regulation requiring assisted living home administrators to have “good character and a continuing reputation of personal integrity.” Postings included:

• A man in a sombrero, using a walker, with the words “Señor Citizen.”

• A photo of an elderly woman lighting a cigarette from the flames of birthday-cake candles, with this comment added: “MUST do this when I hit 100 except replace the cig with a reefer.”

Dominy did not return a message seeking comment on the posts.

Casa de Las Campanas issued a statement saying, “At this point and any point in the future, personal attacks against staff members of Casa de las Campanas are unfounded and irrelevant to the case and appeal. Ms. Dominy’s personal social media accounts are not in question.”